Non-refillable bottle.



No. 873,155. PATENTED DEC. 10. 1907.

H. MINDERMANN.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

' 4 TTOHNEYS HENRY MINDERMANN, or B-nooKrYN, NEW ORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented 3m. 10,1907.

Application filed September 16. 1907. spriallio. 392,960;

To all whom it may concern:

is Be it known that I, HENRY MI DERMANN, a citizen of the United States,and residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NomRefilLableBottles, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to bottles, jars, jugs and similar vessels, andthe object thereof is to rovide a vessel of this class having a neck,and a neck attachment, the construction of which is such that when thevessel has been filled and the neck attachment applied, the vessel maybe emptied of its contents without breakin the neck or neck attachment,but cannot e re-filled or re-used.

The invention is full disclosed in the following specification, 0 whichthe accompanyingdrawing forms .a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in the toportion or the enlarged bottom part b of t e cap I) is provided with athread 6 the to each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the top part of a bottleprovided with my imp povement, taken on line 1, 1, of Fig. 2;

'g. 2 a transverse section on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a sideview of a part of the neck attachment detached, and shown also insection in Fig. 1, and Fig, 4 a plan view of the neck attachment withthe part shown in Fig. 3. removed.

Inythe practice of my invention as shown in the drawingI provide abottle 0, having a neck a the top portion of which is-provided witha'thread a? below which are vertically and annularly arranged ratchetteeth a at the-bottom of'which is an annular shoulder a and the topportion of the neck a" is also preferably provided with an interiorannular 'roove a.

portion 1) of which is larger t an ortion andadapted to closely fit witht e ottom art a of the neck a, and

which corresponds with the thread afin the neck a and the interior ofthe bottom portion of the enlarged bottom part b of thecap b is enlarged'so' gthat the inner diameter thereof is slightly greater than 'thediameter ofthat part of the neck:"a, fonwhich the ratchet teeth a, areformed, and secured in the said bottom portion of the cap 5 is a s ringa which operates in gzom'iection with; I, the ratchet teeth a andpermits, thecap' lrto be screwed fully down upon the necks the bottlebut revents, the unscretving said cap. In t e construction showinththreads a and b are leftthreads, and the ca? 12 must be turned to theleft inorder to screw it on to the neck (1?, butsaid threadsmaybe maderight threads if desired: '65 The cap b is provided atfoneside andq'about centrally. thereof with a discharge spout b, and the topof said'cap is closed and provided with a central aperture b","'a1id.)i1lthetop ofsaid cap at one side of thee e i' tii-le 70.

. ing member at of the arm d, and said spring.

may be connected with the said 'dependiiig' 1 member at of the arm b fbymeans of ,the' apertures d, at different points, so as to regu late thetension of said spring. It will, be understood, of course,-that theartnular valve seat d, in assemblingthe parts of the neck attachment, islaced in positionbe -z 1 fore the cap 5 is screwed on to'thc neckof'thebottle, and I also \provide a sprin depressed cage or device 9 whichisailapte. to rest 0 the valve e, and whip}: is provided with stem orrod 9 whidlrpassesup; through apertures b in the topof thecap '5 and 18to: v ded at. its upper end with a handle kno 95, the bottom'of which isprovided atone-sill with a transverse recess 9 which corresponds with ashoulder g which'alsq corresponds; with the shoulder b, and within thetop' por tion of the ca 5 is placed a spiral s ring it, through whic 1therodg passesan which bears on the cage or 'case g and normally holdsit in adepressedposition as shown in' 1. J 195- %he operation will bereadily understood from the foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing? and the, following statementtherefofz When thebottle has been filledwiththedesired contents, it issealed in thefollowingmanner. The valve seat 12 with'the valve 12imposition;

thereon is pieced on or in the top of the neck bottle or it partthereof, the knob handle 9 is raised ondturned artly around until theshoulder g rests on d re shoulder b, and the cage g is raised into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig; 1. The bottle may now be tiltedandv the contents thereof will press on the valve e, and said valve willmoved from its seat, and the contents of the bottle will flow outthrough the spout (Z and this operation may be continued or repeateduntil the bottle is entirely empty. 'Al'ter the bottle has been emptiedthe springf will seat the valve e no matter in what position the bottlemay be held, and no liquids fean be poured or forced into the bottle. It

will be observed that the spout con'ununb gates with the cap b, abovethe valve seat I and that the larger portion of the valve c is belowthis point of communication and by reason of this construction and thefact that the spout b is curved downwardly as shown in Fig. 1, it wouldbe practically impossible to introduce a Wire or other instrumentthroiighthe spout b and interfere with the operation of is re valve 0 asherein described, or raise said valve from its seat so that lirauidscould be introduced-by pressure or 0t erwise into the bottle, and byraising the oint ofconnnunication between the spout f and the cap I)still higher, or by ,ating the valve 6 still lower than shown i i thedrove ing iii-Fig. i, any interference witlwor the raising of the valve6, in an attempt to re-fill the bottle would be still more impossible.It will. be seen that the top portion of the valve c is made flat in theform of-construction shown, but this is not absolutely necessary, and.this form may or may not be employed, and, I also preferably placebetween the cage good the valve 6' a Washer i prei erebly composed ofsoft rubber, or fibrous material treated to render impervious to liquidsand gases, and said washer is preferably connected with said cage. itwill also be apparent that my improvement may be erases applied. to anyvessel of the class described and having a neck, and after the bottle orother vessel, has been. emptied the neck may be broken off and removed,or detached from the cap Z1 and the latter may be re-used.

Having fully described invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Lettors Patent is A bottle or similar vessel provided with aneck, the top portion of which is provided with an exterior thread. andthe bottom portion of which is provided with ennulorly and verticallyarranged ratchet teeth, an annular valve seat placed in the to tportionof paid neck and provided with a c mending time, a ball valve seated onsaid annular valve seat and connected with said arm by. c spiral spring,a cap adapted to be screwci'l on to said neck and provided in the bottompor tion thereto Will-l1 u. spring Which'operates in connection with.said ratchet teeth to prevent the unscrewing oi. the cap, said cap being provided at one side thereof end above the neck with dischargespout, and a spring depressed device adopted to rest on t ie valvewithin. said cc; said device being provided with a rod which passes outthrough the neck of said cap, and means for raising said rod and cageand holding themin a raised position.

2. A bottle or similarvessel. provided with a neck, a cap adapted toinclose said neck and to be perinzu'ieutlv secured thereto, said capbeing provided above said neck with a discharge spout, and a detachableannular valve sect at the top of said neck, and held in position by saidcap, a tensioncl device connected with said valve seat, and said valvefor holding said valve seated, and a spring depressed device resting onsaid valve, and provided with a rod which passes out through. the top ofsaid ca. seid rod and said ca being provided wit 1 means for lifting saidevice and holding it in a raised position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 14th day of SeptemberW07,

I HENRY MINDERMANN.

Witnesses:

MULREANY, M. E. Doonr.

